- Date
- September 18, 1983, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- San Andreas, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N19QFueslein Quickie
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830918049379A
- Case key
- 23856
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The home built acft was equipped with a kawasaki TA-440A eng & an unspecified propeller, both of which were different than the original plans called for. The plt stated that on the 1st test flt with the new eng & prop combination, the eng RPM & thrust would not increase sufficiently to climb, even though the eng had a higher horse power rating than the one that was designed for this plane. He turned around & tried to land back on the arpt. However, the plt stated that the acft encountered a downdraft & contacted the ground short of the rwy. Subsequently, the acft was damaged on rocky terrain. The plt reported that the wind was from 220 deg at 5 gusting 10 KTS. Also, he stated that the temp was 94 deg, the density alt was about 4000 ft & that he should have waited until the next morning to fly the test flt when the air was cool.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19Q
- Reported as
- Fueslein Quickie
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 019
- Airframe hours
- 111
- Engine
- Kawasaki TA-440A, 38 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerome L. Fueslein
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 22, 1983 · 2 hours before
- Airport
- 003 · Calvaveras Co., runway 13, 3,600 × 60 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 516 total · 111 in this make and model · 454 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SCK, 32 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.